> So it does. And even though Charles played the '84 GOP convention
Are you sure? I was there (outside, not inside), and I remember the Beach Boys playing (and Brian Wilson being picked up inside the convention hall with pockets full of pills), and I think James Brown, but I don't remember Ray Charles. Oh, and the Dead Kennedys, but they were outside with the rest of us--one of the greatest performances I've seen.
It's hard to imagine Randy Newman without Ray Charles,
John A